Tutorial Others LINUX: Guide to setting up bottles + some common fixes to issues when running games

Typhu

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I wanted to make this thread to share my bottles setup and some fixes for issues I've encountered while trying to run games, in case anyone else is having the same problems.


My setup to run games

To run any non-steam game in general, I highly suggest to use a flatpak app called . It's very easy to use, there's no need to fiddle with each individual games' configuration setup - just drag and drop any new games into the prefix once you have the bottle set up.

You can also setup the permissions bottles use through which can be used to prevent bottles communicating with internet or other processes on your machine, making it a bit more secure. Granted, this is a feature of flatpak which isn't bottles-specific, it will also likely work with Lutris flatpak version if you prefer it.

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Fixes to issues I've encountered
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I do hope this post does end up helping out someone, and I'll try to keep it updated with fixes to problems I encounter in the future. Also, feel free to contribute and share any similar fixes not listed here in the comments below.
 
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forbidden101v

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Got any tips on debugging issues that happen in Bottles? More often than not I find myself guessing whats wrong rather than trying to actually debug it.
 

Typhu

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Oct 13, 2024
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Got any tips on debugging issues that happen in Bottles? More often than not I find myself guessing whats wrong rather than trying to actually debug it.
Can't say I have any special tips in this regard, apart from looking at the logs either through running bottles via terminal using flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles or launching a game via the 'Launch with Terminal' option, then finding the error line and going from there. An issue can also stem from the game itself, in which case going through the game files and looking at the logs there might not be a bad idea.

If you weren't able to find anything useful from the logs, then yeah - the best you can do is frantically guess.
 
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